Even the new bacchu (small child) resident was made to feel important, knowledgeable and an essential part of this extended family that this department was run as. The credit for much of this ambience would surely go to the Chief, Dr. Malini Nadkarni. She must have been turning a sweet 40 at that time, a warrior for radiology at KEM for decades, she had seen it all and, virtually single handedly, built the department from almost nothing.